Barabbas: A Dream of the World's Tragedy
7 hrs. 2 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Marie Corelli
Author
Marie Corelli
Narrator
Ivan Agapov
Narrator
Ivan Agapov
Description
Maria Corelli (real name: Mary McKey) was a 19th-century English writer who worked in the genres of fantasy and gothic. She was fascinated by Italy, and that is why she chose the melodious Italian pen name Corelli.
Corelli helped shape the legend of the Pharaohs’ curse. In early April 1923, she published a warning that “the cruelest punishment awaits the unwelcome guest who enters the tomb,” and within days of the publication the ailing Lord Carnarvon died. Her article was picked up by newspapers, and thanks to public interest in the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb and the circumstances surrounding members of the expedition, the phenomenon of the Pharaohs’ curse became a common media image.
Corelli’s second novel, "Varabbas" (or "Varavva"), offers a fictional retelling of the life of the robber Barabbas mentioned in the Gospel, after Pilate set him free instead of Christ. At first, the writer depicts the tragedy that changed the fate of humankind, and then an incredible joy for all the believers of Palestine and the great apostles. The narrative is built so that it seems as if everything is happening in the present time—those two thousand years that separate the reader from the events feel as though they never passed.
Corelli helped shape the legend of the Pharaohs’ curse. In early April 1923, she published a warning that “the cruelest punishment awaits the unwelcome guest who enters the tomb,” and within days of the publication the ailing Lord Carnarvon died. Her article was picked up by newspapers, and thanks to public interest in the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb and the circumstances surrounding members of the expedition, the phenomenon of the Pharaohs’ curse became a common media image.
Corelli’s second novel, "Varabbas" (or "Varavva"), offers a fictional retelling of the life of the robber Barabbas mentioned in the Gospel, after Pilate set him free instead of Christ. At first, the writer depicts the tragedy that changed the fate of humankind, and then an incredible joy for all the believers of Palestine and the great apostles. The narrative is built so that it seems as if everything is happening in the present time—those two thousand years that separate the reader from the events feel as though they never passed.
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